Cricket-Archer won't rush return risking T20 World Cup , Ashes prospects
England fast bowler Jofra Archer won't rush his return from elbow surgery just in case it affects his primary targets of playing the Twenty20 World Cup in India and therefore the subsequent Ashes series against Australia later this year, the 26-year-old has said.
LONDON: England fast bowler Jofra Archer won't rush his return from elbow surgery just in case it affects his primary targets of playing the Twenty20 World Cup in India and therefore the subsequent Ashes series against Australia later this year, the 26-year-old has said.
Archer underwent surgery on his right elbow on Friday and has been ruled out of England's two-test series against New Zealand starting next month.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will review his progress next month with the bowler looking uncertain for England's five-test home series against India in August and September.
"One thing i'm determined about post-elbow operation isn't to rush my comeback because my primary focus is to be playing for England within the Twenty20 World Cup and Ashes later this year," Archer wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.
"Those are my targets. If I come before then and manage to play within the home test series against India - then fine, so be it. If I don’t, i'm quite prepared to take a seat out the summer.
"The way i'm watching things is that i might rather miss a couple of weeks of a year in order that I even have a couple of more years in my career."
Barbados-born Archer has been suffering from the injury since early 2020 and it kept him out of this year's Indian Premier League.
"I just want to urge this injury sorted once and for all and that’s why I’m not looking that far ahead or at dates for a return to action - because if I don’t get this right, I won’t play any cricket. Period," he wrote.
"I am not getting to do myself any good by returning before I'm fully fit, so i will be able to take my time and do what's best on behalf of me and my life."
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